The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 1941
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
5:17 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 228
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 224.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 12.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.77° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.33° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.